#D6BF39#D6BF39

#D6BF39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.148 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6BF39
RGB	rgb(214, 191, 57)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 73.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.19, -6.02, 66.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.19, 66.69, 95.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.14% -0.0236 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(80.14% 0.148 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.1032, 51.8555, 11.3981)
Luminance	0.5185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6BF39 #3950D6

analogous

#D67039 #D6BF39 #9ED639

triadic

#D6BF39 #39D6BF #BF39D6

tetradic

#D6BF39 #39D670 #3950D6 #D6399E

square

#D6BF39 #39D670 #3950D6 #D6399E

split-complementary

#D6BF39 #399ED6 #7039D6

monochromatic

#7B6D19 #AE9A24 #D6BF39 #E0CF6C #EBE09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#D6BF39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#D6BF39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6BF39

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6BF39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6BF39	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6bf39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 191, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.148 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d179',
    500: '#d6bf39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6bf39;
$custom-light: #e7d179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6bf39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.21,
    "s": 65.69,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80137,
    "c": 0.14828,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6BF39

secondary

#303C83

accent

#58E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF1

border

#D6D4CB

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6BF39

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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